some sirius hinting... yay puns!

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No: HPFGUIDX 110200

Lissa:

Okay, serious Remus/Sirius shipper here, so be warned!!!!!!

Justine:

Firstly, there was no question about Sirius's marital status.  As 
far as I know, godparents do not have to be married--my godparents 
barely know each other!  Jo was the one who brought up marriage... 
why?  Now, even bringing this up is to be blamed on fan fiction, of 
course, but this seems to be the first implication from Jo, herself, 
that Sirius fancies women; gay marriage is not recognized in 
England, if I'm not sorely mistaken, and unless his big rebellion 
was experimenting with homosexuality or just being gay, period, then 
this sounds like a "Sirius and Remus were not lovers" answer.  It's 
more a "Sirius was too busy fighting the forces with whom his family 
agreed to get married" or "Sirius was too busy being a manslut to 
get married."  I like them both.  :-D

Lissa:

I admit, I've been thinking this too.  However, I wonder if the rest of the sentence of "If Sirius had married...." would have been, "If Sirius had married, then Harry might have had a godmother."  Godparents don't have to be married, but since it appears that the godparents are also the guardians, then if Sirius WAS married then the wife WOULD be a guardian as well.  

Justine:


Why was James the only one of his group to settle down?  Sirius 
was "too busy" and then spent twelve years in Azkaban.  Peter 
obviously was spying, probably wasn't very appealing, and then spent 
twelve years as a rat.  Remus has no excuse--except the obvious... 
and perhaps there's more, but it's been twelve years.  He found no 
one?  I'm hungry for information about those twelve years in lupine 
limbo!  Also, we really know nothing about his private life 
now...and hasn't there been a mention of families of the faculty 
that we've never heard about?  This is turning into late-night 
rambling, so I'll move on again.  To the end.


Lissa:

Well, they WERE 21 when Voldie fell.  I actually thought James and Lily were awfully young to get married, and have wondered if they "had" to get married at times.  

There's a couple things that always annoy me about R/S fanfiction.  Why does everyone assume that James knew they were together, if they were?  Why does everyone always assume they were committed and acknowledged they were in love?  It's VERY possible that they were fooling around and not telling everyone because, frankly, it was private.  I mean, no offense to the wonderful men on our list at all, but most guys do NOT jump into commitments as early as James did!

I've also wondered if they weren't together before Azkaban, but got together in the time afterwards.

(There's also always the possibility that they were bi.)

My theory is that JKR never really had any major thoughts on romance for those two.  Their love lives don't really fit into the plot, as much as I'd love to see it be worked in.  But Sirius was a rebel, not willing to settle down yet, and then tossed into Azkaban.  I can completely see Lupin being 100% unwilling to make a commitment of any sort.  Given the way the Wizarding World treats him, I can't really see Lupin being willing to tie a lover to himself and let the world treat him/her that way as well.  My impression of Lupin is that he's intensely alone.  He accepted at a young age that romance was simply not in the cards for him, and he's lived that way ever since.

However, JKR's admitted to reading the slash that's been on the web, and if memory serves, she admitted that before OotP was released.  Now, there are things in there that, as far as I know, did not have to be in there in OotP.  Lupin living with Sirius?  (Did she HAVE to point that out?  We have no idea where the rest of the Order lives.)  The joint Christmas present?  (That little Firebolt model couldn't have cost Tonks THAT much.)  The way they interact... I wonder if she never plans on giving any details about their love lives, but put those little clues in there to amuse the slashers.  After all, Lupin and Sirius are without a doubt the most plausible of any of the slash couples.  I mean, you can write a good story for Draco/Harry, or Snape/Sirius, or whoever else, but Lupin and Sirius actually could work in canon.  And it's possible we're reading too much into this- she only gives us two sentences about Sirius, really.

As to where Lupin was during the christening... I had a new thought.  Dumbledore has mentioned spies before.  I'm guessing Severus Snape was not the only one.  Wouldn't Lupin- technically a Dark Creature and someone who (although a half blood) would have something to gain from Voldemort- be an excellent spy for the Order?  Especially since he's so good at hiding his true feelings?  

Given that she says she'd love to actually meet Lupin, and he's a wonderful person, I'd guess that ESE!Lupin isn't an option.  But maybe Pippin's got something close... Lupin's trying to give the DEs the impression he's ESE?  And maybe that's why he couldn't be at the christening, because he was spying on the DEs, or the creatures allied to the death eaters?  (which seems a little more plausible, or he might have a better idea about Peter.)

Determined to go down with the Ship...
Lissa

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